Lacing.



N0. 767,720. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. D. G. SUNDERLAND.

LAGING.

APPLIOATION m.m man. 19, 190a.

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the lacing l by folding the opposite edges 4 5 Patented August 16,1904..

IUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL G. SUNDERLAND, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR- OF'ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR T. PARKER, OF NORTH ATTLEBORO,

MASSACHUSETT S.

.LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming pa.rt of Letters Patent N0. 767,720, dated. August16, 1904.

Application fii'ed Merck 19, 1903.

T0 all wh0m it may c0ncern:

Be it known that1, DANIEL G. SUNDERLAND, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Providence, in the county 0f Irovidence and State 01Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Impfevement in Lacings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in laeings, and has moreparticularly f01 its 0bject to provide certain improvements inlacing-tips in whieh the use of metallic stiffening is obviated.

My invention consists in providing a laeing having its opposite edges atthe end portion thereof folded together and cemented, the cement beingapplied t0 the adjacent faces 0f the folded portion.

A practical embodiment 0f rny invention i's represented in theaccompanying drawings, in Whieh Figure l represents the tw0 end portionsof a laeing. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in the plane of the line A Aof Fig'. l; and Fig. 3 1's a view of one end of the lacing in itsunf0lded position before the tip is formed, sho wing the cement coatingupon one face of the lacing.

The lacing is denoted by l, and the faee of each of its end portions isprovided with a coating 2 of cement or other adhesive material.

A permanent tip 3 is formed at each end of Serial N0. 148,521. (N0model.)

of the end porti0n together, with the eoating of cement 2 on theinterior, so that the adja- Cent faces of the folded portion arepermamit the lacing 130 be threaded through the eye lets of the articleto which it is t0 be applied without the use 01 a metallicstiffening-plate.

The tip formed as hereinabove described is furthermore extremely neat inappearanee and may be formed without distorting the bodv portion of thelace and also may be formed without the use 0f special machinery allthat is required to complete the tip being to coat one faee of the enclportion with cement, then fold the edges together and press the adjacentfaces int0 contact with each other.

VVhat I clairn is A lacing havinga permanent tip formed at each endthereo f by foldingthe opposite edges at eaeh end ot' the lacingtogether, the adjacent faces being provided with cement.

In testimon}y that I elaim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name, in presence of two witn'esses, this 14th day 0f March, 1903.

DANIEL G. SUNDERLAND.

VVitnessesz FREDK. HAYNES, HENRY THIEME.

